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Al-A'raf 124

Ayah 124 of 206 · Meccan

لَأُقَطِّعَنَّ أَيۡدِيَكُمۡ وَأَرۡجُلَكُم مِّنۡ خِلَٰفٖ ثُمَّ لَأُصَلِّبَنَّكُمۡ أَجۡمَعِينَ ١٢٤

I will surely cut off your hands and your feet on opposite sides; then I will surely crucify you all."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. لَأُقَطِّعَنَّI will surely cut offla-uqaṭṭiʿanna
  2. أَيۡدِيَكُمۡyour handsaydiyakum
  3. وَأَرۡجُلَكُمand your feetwa-arjulakum
  4. مِّنۡofmin
  5. خِلَٰفٖopposite (sides)khilāfin
  6. ثُمَّThenthumma
  7. لَأُصَلِّبَنَّكُمۡI will surely crucify youla-uṣallibannakum
  8. أَجۡمَعِينَallajmaʿīna

Tafsir

'I will cut off the right hand and left foot or the left hand and right foot of each of you, and would then crucify you on palm trunks, making an example of you to frighten whoever sees you.'

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran